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Mother says Utah officer pulled gun on her black son

A mother wants an independent investigation Friday after she says a Utah police officer pointed a gun at her 10-year-old ...

Utah man accused of threatening to kill members of Congress

A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he threatened to kill members of Congress during a three-year stretch with more ...

Dozens of Utah public pool swimmers sickened by chlorine gas

Chlorine gas has sickened dozens of swimmers at a Utah public pool in what police called a freak accident. A pump ...

Energy secretary: US aims to making fossil fuels cleaner

The Trump administration is committed to making fossil fuels cleaner rather than imposing "draconian" regulations on coal and ...

Sim Gill

Prosecutors push back on enforcing new state abortion laws

New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who ...

Body believed to be missing Utah girl is found

A body believed to be a missing 5-year-old Utah girl was found Wednesday less than a block from her home, bringing a ...

Suspect in Utah shooting found in Idaho after 2-day manhunt

Idaho police captured a man Friday afternoon suspected of shooting and killing a motorist in northern Utah earlier this week ...

Utah judge suspended for making anti-Trump comments

A longtime Utah judge has been suspended without pay for six months after making critical comments online and in court about ...

Police search for driver suspected in Utah highway killing

Police in Idaho were searching Thursday near a small town for a man suspected of shooting and killing a motorist along a ...

Family man, newlyweds among dead in crash of Alaska planes

A newly married couple, a pilot who used his family's savings to buy his own plane, a devoted family man from Australia and ...

Profiles of victims from deadly Alaska mid-air collision

A newly married couple, a pilot who used his family's savings to buy his own plane, a devoted family man from Australia and ...

Utah prosecutor says he won't enforce strict abortion law

As Utah defends its strict new abortion ban against a court challenge, the chief prosecutor overseeing the county with the ...

Margaret Yee

Descendants honor Chinese workers on railroad's 150th year

Michael Kwan can't help but think about what life was like on a daily basis for his great-great-grandfather in the 1860s, ...

Salt Lake Tribune announces plans to convert into nonprofit

The Salt Lake Tribune announced plans Wednesday to become a nonprofit as it moves toward a nontraditional model that it hopes ...

Karaoke, ax-throwing sites want to sell beer under Utah law

At least one lawmaker thinks people should have beer with their karaoke — even in conservative Utah. A new liquor law in the ...

Sundance co-founder pleads guilty to 2nd count of sex abuse

A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the ...

Video game effort could help regulate future drone traffic

Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a ...

Finally a playoff game at Detroit Pistons' new arena

Little Caesars Arena in Detroit will finally host its first playoff game — in what is probably the last chance the Pistons ...

Iconic Salt Lake Temple closing for major 4-year renovation

An iconic temple central to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faith will close for four years for a major ...

Elizabeth Warren, Carl Fisher

Warren, in Utah, pledges changes in national-monument policy

Backed by dramatic mountain peaks, Elizabeth Warren stopped in Utah on Wednesday to discuss her public-lands plan, including ...